I like mostly keep this for those of you who want to buy me a thing which I super appreciate 'cause I can't afford a lot right now and gifts that I actually like are good for me. Every so often I pare it down or add new things based on thinking about what's important for me at a particular moment. Some stuff I have here is stuff I think might be fun but I just can't justify the cost, like some clothing, if I think I'm not going to wear it often. You do not need to get me a present, but if you want to, here's stuff I'm excited about!

I've been trying to avoid giving money to companies like Amazon whenever I can. And also places that have done away with DEI.

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• We're looking into getting two kittens for our new apartment. The adoption fee would be about $650+. And we'll also need to get supplies.

• I want to reupholster some chairs with two yards of this fabric from Spoonflower. (Dragon fire dark turquoise & purple, Dogwood denim)

• We're gonna need a window mounted air conditioner for our new place.

• I want to take Dan Dos Santos' Mentorship class at the SmART School. It runs about $2500 though and I prolly won't be able to coordinate my time to take it until Sam is older..

• One of those shiny blue butterflies pinned in a shadowbox frame. A really sparkly blue one in particular...

• A subscription to libro.fm (an alternative to Audible)

• Video games! Here's my Steam Wishlist. (Games can often be purchased through other vendors as well like GOG, itch.io, and Humble.)

• A portable cotton candy machine (read: cute and small, and rechargable). The kind you can just add sugar to, and is easy to clean.

• I generally enjoy knee/thigh high socks. Especially cute ones, and ones made of normal sock material and not tights or fuzzy material. Stuff like this or this. Also, these, these, and these (even tho they're not knee high).

• A friend painted a picture of me and I haven't bought a print yet! It's here!

• I have a list of music and movies and books I'd like to own, but it hasn't been high priority. But a gift card to get some of them wouldn't go amiss.

• I have tons of hair ornaments, but I still enjoy cool stuff like this or this. Or this.

• I have a lot of stuffed toys, so I don't *need* more, but I do enjoy them if you want to add to my collection. I especially have a thing for dragons and moths, and a few other cute characters that I included pictures of down below if you know who they are. Oh, and TROGDOR.

• Thinking of buying me art/craft supplies? I'm incredibly picky, so please don't unless you know what you're doing, or are getting something specifically off this list below. Gift cards are great, though many art supplies do count as a business expense for me. Some of the stuff listed below I've been itching to play with but can't quite justify getting becaue I don't *need* it, or it's expensive and I can't afford it yet.

- I keep meaning to get this leaf adhesive that works with oil paints but haven't gotten around to it yet. Seriously the smallest size available.

- I've been wanting to play with foil that can be ironed or adhered with glue, but doesn't require a stupid/expensive machine to process it. I think these fit the bill: "Artistic Painting Studio" has a glue and foils in really pretty colors (blue hologram, oil slick, and marbled).

- One of those devices that you plug into a comptuer to color calibrate the monitor. I have not done my research yet on these. I know Spyder and ColorMunki are two brands.

- I haven't been doing a lot of sewing lately, but eventually I want to get back into it. I want to make a dress using that crazy reflective fabric that looks black but turns bright rainbow under flash. I also just want to play around with it first. Here's an example, also available from other various sellers. Fabric like this also looks amazing and fun.